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Forty percent of Philadelphians — many of them with lower incomes — drink bottled water at home, so a coalition is promoting tap water to residents.

Narberth Borough’s ban on plastic straws, mandated fee for plastic bags kick in April 17. Businesses are on board, but will have to pay more for eco-friendly alternatives.

“We want to make sure that in the streets, people don’t think that this is an ID only for immigrants,” ID program director Amy Eusebio told a crowd in North Philly.

In an era of red and blue polarization, purple congregations are increasingly rare and a challenge to maintain. They learn to avoid some subjects to maintain harmony.

People who want to start businesses in lower-income neighborhoods often have trouble getting bank loans. Some investors are looking to help businesses in those areas.

Some things get better with age. Just ask the members of the Wizdom, a dance team for the NBA's Washington Wizards who are all 50 years old or older.

Twenty-five years ago, Tasian Nkundiye murdered his neighbor with a machete. Today he lives near the widow of the man he killed. And somehow they are friends.

Arts nonprofit We Are the Seeds hosted its inaugural local festival Saturday at Taller Puertorriqueño to showcase the culture and creations of Native communities.

A worker at the supermarket on East Passyunk Avenue has the hepatitis A virus. The city’s is advising some recent customers to get the vaccine.

Roughly 6.9 percent of construction companies in Philadelphia are minority-owned, according to data from the U.S. Census.

U.S. Steel says the pollution controls at its Clairton Plant are fully operating again after a fire damaged them in December.

Facebook was once praised for spreading free-speech values. But the world is pushing back with different values, which Facebook is importing to the U.S.

The ‘community store’ version of the coffeeshop in Parkside will have space for local groups and hire from neighborhood.

Dozens of people waited in a line at City Hall on Thursday after Mayor Jim Kenney launched the long-awaited local government ID program.

Directors of the nonprofit that wants to open a supervised injection site in Philly told outraged residents they wouldn’t move forward without further input.